Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

I allow myself to get sucked into discussions about CRM systems. CRM has been around for decades, one would think these discussions are a thing of the past. But don’t let their misinformed approaches to CRM limit your ability to maximize your own personal productivity and effectiveness. I’m so stupid.

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System CRM Revelation Territories 92

Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2018

Although it’s difficult to generalize across sectors and territories, our data found that higher performing sales teams saw a typical conversion rate of 37%, closing deals on average in 36.5 Arguably the most crucial revelation from our data was that simplification is absolutely paramount, no matter what the industry or the geography.

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Quota Sales Process Revelation Lead Rank 54

Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 24, 2018

Additionally, CRM systems and order management systems contain customer data that include, not only the choices they made within CPQ, install dates and locations, but also their marketing demographic data. List customers in territory with revenue in excess of $100 million per year. Use CPQ to Identify Prospects. Here’s an example.

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Revelation Engineering Collateral Demographics 48

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Bad sales people revel in these requests, because it means they get a momentary respite from prospecting, meeting with customers, moving deals forward, figuring out how to hit their goals. I’m one of those increasingly rare individuals that remembers what sales management was like Before CRM (BCRM) or even Before Excel Spreadsheets.

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Report Revelation CRM Analysis 48